FollowWe got the little commuter plane over to Dusseldorf yesterday morning.
The airport seems to have been built in anticipation of an immense (but currently absent) growth in passenger numbers. Here’s the baggage carousel area. Ours were the only bags.
We caught the monorail train to the railway station. A guy spotted Val using the ticket machine, and told us that the cheapest way to get to our destination was to buy a family day ticket. These tickets cover up to five people and one dog, and sure enough the price was quite a bit lower than the regular fare. Of course this helpful guy had a hidden agenda, as it meant he could travel along with us for free. We didn’t have a problem with this and it all worked out fine – we all ended up quite a few Euros to the good.
Our destination was a town called Soest. It’s in a part of Germany called Nordrhine-Westphalia. We checked into our hotel and had a lovely dinner accompanied by a few beers.
The hotel dates back to 1304. It’s a cosy old place – all low ceilings and narrow staircases.
After breakfast this morning we had a walk into town. Soest is an old walled city quite reminiscent of Chester. It’s a cold day so we linger over our coffee in an elegant patisserie. The cakes looked wonderful.
Soest has a Christmas market, and it starts today. We’ll be back here after dark for a proper look round once things get going.
